FOUNDER
PRESIDENT
Dorothy Maynor †
Eric G. Pryor
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Janice Savin Williams Vice Chair & Secretary
Alicia Adams Deborah Berke Jason Berman Daniel Brewster Dr. Rev. Calvin O. Butts III Mary Schmidt Campbell Gordon J. Davis Brett Egan Katherine G. Farley Bruce Gordon Herbie Hancock Milton Irvin Keisha Sutton James Jeffrey Laikind Spike Lee Reynold Levy Carol Sutton Lewis Margo Lion Rachel Allen Lovett Wynton Marsalis Julie Mehretu Jason Moran Jill Newman Arturo O’Farrill Phylicia Rashad Charlie Shorter Gina Torres Lana Woods
Betty Allen †
Charles J. Hamilton, Jr., Esq. Chairman
Julian Johnson Treasurer Rodney C. Adkins Mogolodi Bond Lisa Davis Lisa Diller Michelle Fizer-Peterson Dr. Henry Jarecki Kristine G. Manoukian Scott Markowitz Gabriella E. Morris Luis R. Penalver David A. Picon Julie Rose Rona Sebastian Alexander Smalls Kenneth W. Taber Stephen S. Usher
Alfred Preisser Robert Levinson Chair Emeritus
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Dear Friends, Life-long learning through the arts continues to be at the core of HSA, with arts training for the young and young at heart and access to children, regardless of income or prior training. We’re pleased to share that during the last two years, HSA has worked towards making the organization inclusive of people of all ages. It has begun offering courses for adults and has launched a more expanded series of workshops, lectures, performances, book signings, films and exhibitions, engaging families and community members in enlightened conversations around arts, culture, and diversity. The reopening of the HSA Theater has allowed for an increased number and diversity of artistic programming, including sold-out productions of HSA’s winter musical Soul Nativity, and has produced powerful plays featuring students from HSA’s Theatre Alliance performing alongside professional actors. In spring 2016, guest actor Khalil Kain, Alvin Ailey dancer and HSA teacher Briana Reed and our very own students moved audiences in a modernist interpretation of Euripides’ Medea. The Fall 2016 renovation of the 6,000 square-foot HSA Gallery has made this space perfectly suited for professional visual art exhibitions with an on-going series of exhibitions by emerging artists each season and artists talks where they discuss their work. HSA has hosted a wide array of discussions by emerging artists such as Mario Moore and Fabiola Jean Louis, as well as a group exhibition organized in partnership with the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. Rooted in arts training, 2014-15 and 2015-16 was marked by an increase in public performances and outreach to students, while providing exceptional arts instruction and professional development to students of all socioeconomic backgrounds through merit scholarships and financial aid. Accomplishments include: 23 student and professional productions since the HSA Theater reopened in December 2014 24 artist talks and exhibitions since the HSA Gallery renovation in September 2015 Distributing $728,484 in scholarships and financial aid over the past 2 years Raising over $1 million at HSA’s Fall Gala 100% high school graduation rate for all rising seniors and acceptance into colleges and conservatories, many with partial and full scholarships at schools such as Brown University, NYU, The New School, and Parsons School of Design • Transformation of HSA into a cultural hub through enhanced artistic programing for children, adults and families. • • • • •
We invite you to experience Harlem School of the Arts often and hope you will share HSA with your friends, families, colleagues and neighbors. The future of the arts starts at HSA, and now you can enjoy the arts for many years to come. Sincerely,
Eric G. Pryor
Charles J. Hamilton, Jr. Esq.
VISION MISSION IMPACT THE VISION Harlem School of the Arts is a cultural cornerstone of the community where children, families, and NYC neighbors can experience LIFE-LONG LEARNING through the arts. THE MISSION Harlem School of the arts enriches the lives of young people and their families through world-class traning in and exposure to the arts across multiple disciplines in an environment that emphasizes rigorous training, stimulates creativity, builds self-confidence, and adds a dimension of beauty to their lives.
THE IMPACT A family-focused anchor in Upper Manhattan, the Harlem School of the Arts ensures children of all ages and socio-economic levels have access to the power of the arts. In a climate of diminishing arts funding in the schools, HSA fills the void through its on-site courses at the Herb Alpert Center and off-site arts training in the schools. Whether students are interested in pursuing careers in the arts, or just learn an instrument, acquire some steps or painting skills, or be on stage, numerous studies have demonstrated the power of the arts in transforming lives. It provides discipline, self-confidence, social interaction, increased communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively. Children exposed to the arts tend to do better in school and have higher high school and college admission rates. At HSA, we are providing quality arts instruction that goes beyond the arts. While many students become successful artists and/or art professionals, all develop the life skills that will be useful no matter what careers they chose. HSA trains the creative thinkers and global citizens of tomorrow.
DID YOU KNOW THAT * A STUDENT INVOLVED IN THE ARTS IS
FOUR TIMES more likely to be recognized for
academic achievement. STUDENTS WITH HIGH ARTS PARTICIPATION AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS HAVE A
4% DROPOUT RATE — 5 TIMES LOWER THAN
their low socioeconomic status peers.
STUDENTS WHO TAKE FOUR YEARS OF ARTS AND MUSIC CLASSES AVERAGE ALMOST
100 POINTS HIGHER ON THEIR SAT SCORES than students who take only one-half year or less. Low-income students who are highly engaged in the arts are twice as likely to graduate college as their peers with no arts education.
In 2008, African-American and Hispanic students had less than half of the access to arts education than their White peers. * Arts Education Naviagtor: Facts & Figures, Americans for the Arts and Vans Custom Culture, 2013
A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE & INSPIRATION
In 1964, internationally acclaimed concert soprano Dorothy Maynor brought a gift to Harlem: her fervent belief that world-class training in the arts stimulates the child, strengthens the family and gives pride of ownership to a community. She opened Harlem School of the Arts in the basement of the St. James Presbyterian Church in Harlem at a time when the community suffered severe physical blight, high levels of poverty, and few cultural resources for its young people. From toddlers to adults, the students who came through its doors developed an invaluable sense of purpose and focus, whether or not they pursued professional careers in the arts.
In May of 1979, under the leadership of Maynor’s handpicked successor, legendary opera singer Betty Allen, HSA opened its stateof-the-art 37,000 square foot, award-winning facility nestled at the base of historic Hamilton Heights. Along with the Studio Museum in Harlem, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Apollo Theater, HSA became one of the pioneering cultural institutions whose robust presence uptown became a linchpin of Harlem’s renewal.
TODAY AT HSA
Thanks to the Herb Alpert Foundation’s transformative gift, Harlem School of the Arts at the newly named Herb Alpert Center is thriving. It annually serves approximately 4,000 young people from across the greater New York Metro area. From its humble beginnings with 20 children taking piano lessons in the basement of St. James Presbyterian Church, HSA has blossomed into an extraordinary cultural institution that has served more than 50,000 students over the last 50 years, many of whom directly credit Harlem School of the Arts for having changed their lives.
HSA GALLERY Originally designed by Brutalist architect Ulrich Franzen and built in 1978 as an orchestral stage, HSA’s main atrium has hosted performances and exhibitions for over 30 years. In the fall of 2015, HSA transformed its Gathering Space into the HSA Gallery, a 6,000 square-foot professional-quality exhibition space with LED lighting and floor-to-ceiling white walls, for the exhibition of student, faculty, and guest artist work. The HSA Gallery opened to a historical exhibition celebrating HSA’s 50th Anniversary in August 2015, followed by a joint exhibition with Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and solo exhibitions by young emerging artists. Exhibitions are accompanied by artist talks, and entrance is free and open to students and visitors alike.
HSA THEATER Built at the turn of the 20th century and converted into a theater by Harlem School of the Arts in the 1960s, the 2,500 sq. ft. black box performance space has a long history as a community space. Over the years, the HSA Theater has housed The Dorothy Maynor Singers, served as the incubator venue for The Classical Theatre of Harlem, and provided a home for Harlem’s longest standing community theatre, The Hadley Players. After years of steady use, the building closed in 2012 for repair. In December 2014, the HSA Theater started off its FY15 season with seven sold-out shows of Soul Nativity, an HSA original winter classic that began in 1997 as an adaption of the nativity story. In FY14 and FY15, HSA hosted theatre workshops with Tony and Emmy Awardwinning actress Phylicia Rashad and Tony Award-winning playwright George C. Wolfe.
WHO IS SERVED ON-SITE AT THE HERB ALPERT CENTER CHILDREN’S ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (CEP) provided premier-quality training in all four disciplines of music, theatre, visual arts, and dance to an average of 846 children per year ages 2-18, in Harlem and across the New York region who might not otherwise have access to artistic opportunities. HSA’s largest community arts education program, CEP welcomes students of all abilities and instruction levels. HSA’s holistic curriculum offers introductory courses that encourage life-long learning through the arts in addition to intermediate and intensive training for students pursuing professional careers.
FY15 & FY16
2,254
CHILDREN SERVED ON-SITE
CHILDREN’S ENRICHMENT 1,692 STUDENTS HSA PREP 100 STUDENTS SUMMER CAMP 462 CAMPERS
THE BRONX HSA PREP PROGRAM provided intensive artistic training in the four disciplines of music, dance, theatre, performing and visual arts to 50 students annually between the ages of 12 and 18, in addition to mentoring, life skills workshops, exposure to live performances and exhibitions, and high school and college application support. Selected by audition, HSA Prep students gained valuable experience performing and exhibiting their works at venues across New York City such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Apollo Theater, Minton’s Jazz Club, Columbia’s Lerner Hall, and the National Black Theatre. Students participated in master classes, lectures, and performances with guest artists. Graduating seniors went on to colleges and universities such as the Fashion Institute of Technology, the New School, Brown University, and the Berklee College of Music.
MANHATTAN
STATEN ISLAND
OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY • New York State 7% • New Jersey 4% • Other 1%
QUEENS
BROOKLYN
SUMMER PROGRAMS ARTScape is HSA’s summer arts camp held during the months of July and August, with three two-week sessions consisting of arts instruction, performances, and field trips Monday through Friday. An average of 231 campers participated in each of the FY15 and FY16 camps. Campers participated in field trips across New York City, with destinations such as the Bronx Zoo, the New York Aquarium, and the National Black Theatre. Launched in FY15, HSA’s Theatre Department’s Summer Theatre Teen Intensive program provided students aged 12-17 with a rigorous five-week session where they worked with a team of professionals on physical preparation, voice and speech, writing and scene study, and ensemble work, culminating in an end-of-session performance.
OFF-SITE OUTREACH IN NYC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH is HSA’s program in the schools. During FY15 and FY16 Harlem School of the Arts partnered with 5-7 NYC public, charter and private schools, serving 1,202 students in grades K-12. The Educational Outreach program placed 41 professional working artists in New York City schools and child services centers, offering quality arts instruction in music, dance, theatre, and visual arts and extending HSA’s work beyond its walls. Among HSA’s partner schools were The Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem, Opportunity Charter School via the Children’s Aid Society, The Equity Project Charter School, Harlem Children’s Zone on East 125th Street, and Northside Center for Child Development.
HARLEM & NORTH MANHATTAN
BROOKLYN
ACCOMPLISHMENTS • HSA’s Jazz Band completed a Jazz Brunch Series residency at the historic Minton’s Jazz Club, performing three times and culminating in a Mother’s Day Brunch on May 10, 2015 • HSA Music students provided accompaniment for ASCAP and Grammy-Award winning artist T.I., on Revolt TV airing on January 23, 2015 • Yolanda Wyns, HSA Director of Music, was selected as a 2015 Musical America Influencer, profiled in Musical America’s Key Industry Influencers - Professionals of the Year, Special Report • The Dorothy Maynor Singers honored Billie Holiday’s memory by performing at the Apollo Theater’s Billie Holiday 100th Birthday Celebration on April 6, 2015
HSA MUSIC Over 750 music students participated in group and one-on-one private music lessons, studying with esteemed artists. The music department presented group and ensemble classes, workshops, concerts in our HSA Gallery and an active schedule of off-site performances for its most talented young musicians. Music courses included Group Guitar, Children’s Choir, African-Latin Percussion, Music Fundamentals, HSA Band, Teen Chorus, The Dorothy Maynor Singers, Music Composition, Art of Songwriting, and Beginning Group Violin. Many of these students performed onsite at the Herb Alpert Center and off-site throughout NYC, gaining valuable public performing experience.
• HSA’s advanced jazz and composition students successfully raised $25,000 via Kickstarter to record, produce, and distribute an HSA album of original compositions • Grammy Award-winning guest artist Arturo O’Farrill lead Pueblo Harlem, a daylong celebration of Latin-American culture and music on October 10, 2015 • The Dorothy Maynor Singers made their debut at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall on October 14-15, 2016. Curated by Eric Owens (Artist-in-Residence), the concert paid tribute to great African-American singers who paved the way for other singers and had a significant performance history with the NY Philharmonic such as HSA’s first president, soprano Betty Allen • HSA’s Dorothy Maynor Singers performed at the Harlem RadioShack for Nick Cannon’s launch of his NCredible1 Bluetooth Headphones on February 23, 2016 • HSA’s Afro-Latin Percussion class, conducted by Baba Don Eaton, took part in Julie Andrews’ new arts-themed Netflix show, Julie’s Green Room, on June 4, 2016
• HSA Dance students visited New York Live Arts to watch the BILL T. JONES/ ARNIE ZANE COMPANY rehearse and participate in a master class with Bill T. Jones in November 2014 • HSA Prep Dance students worked with Guggenheim Award-winning choreographer Ronald K. Brown to workshop and performed an excerpt from his ballet Exodus for the HSA community • HSA ballet students were selected to participate in a American Ballet Theatercertified master class, followed by a tour of the Metropolitan Opera and matinee performance
HSA DANCE
Over 900 dance students learned rhythm, form, and choreography across a range of genres from Baby Samba to Tap, Hip Hop, Modern, African, Latin, jazz and ballet. HSA is proudly only one of six schools in the world accredited to offer a ballet program following the American Ballet Theatre’s National Curriculum of classical ballet technique. In addition to introductory classes, HSA Dance provides a rigorous training curriculum for pre-professional students that focus on a set curriculum of ballet and modern dance.
• All ballet students were successfully examined as part of the ABT National Training Curriculum, for a 100% pass rate • All 498 HSA Dance students performed in an HSA original dance production, Space Oddity, on June 7, selling out all 1,300 tickets in four days • HSA Prep Dance students Sebastian and Fabian Garcia, and alumnus Kendall Carter, were chosen to perform in West Side Story at Carnegie Hall in March 2016 • The Celebrate HSA Dance showcase featured student performances in the HSA Gallery with guest performances from Black Iris Project, American Ballet Theatre’s JKO Bridge Class, the Juilliard School, and HSA alumni on May 21, 2016 • HSA Dance Ensemble performed at the Thelma Hill 40th Anniversary Celebration in June 2016 • PBS visited HSA’s Herb Alpert Center and shot interviews and video of a HSA Dance class instructed by Aubrey Lynch II for the series “Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi”, on April 30, 2016
• HSA Theatre Alliance students performed in 8 sold-out shows of HSA’s winter classic, Soul Nativity, for the official reopening of the HSA Theatre in December 2014, as well as in December 2015
HSA THEATRE
Over 330 theatre students participated in courses including Acting, Set Design, Poetry for the Stage, Musical Theatre, Exploring Shakespeare, Physical Acting, and Filmmakers Workshop. More advanced students belong to the HSA Theatre Alliance, the department’s student company, which performs regularly in the school’s productions, gaining pre-professional experience and training.
• HSA Theatre students participated in a series of master classes with Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad, acclaimed playwright Paul Carter Harrison, Shakespearean scholar and Brown University professor Kym Moore, and Tony Award-winning playwright George C. Wolfe • HSA’s young actors aged 3-14 performed Cinderella Kids in the HSA Theater, selling out all 4 shows • HSA Theatre Alliance studied the dramaturgy and cultural reference points of The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe: the music, politics and lasting cultural impact of the iconic characters. Students performed a two-week run of the play from April 24 - May 3, 2015, culminating in master class with the playwright himself • The Continuum Project completed a theatre residency at HSA in Summer 2015: NSangou Njikam taught acting classes and leads creative workshops with both students and HSA faculty, culminating in the performance of original piece DNA/MIA, which explores the complexities of African-American identity and ancestry • Seven students from The Equity Project Charter School (TEP) performed at The American Museum of Natural History’s Kwanzaa Celebration hosted by Doug E. Fresh on December 27, 2015 • HSA Theatre Alliance students acted in, produced, and designed the set for MEDEA, a modernist interpretation of Euripides’ ancient play, alongside professional faculty and guest artists including actors Khalil Kain and Keldrick Crowder, and dancer Briana Reed, from February 26–March 20, 2016 • The satirical comedy One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show, featuring HSA student actors, ran from May 13–15, 2016 • HSA’s Legacy Arts Ensemble performed African dance on the main stage at Harlem Arts Fest on June 27, 2016
• On September 21, 2014, Artist in Residence Paco Cao had a presentation for the HSA families on his previous works with art entities such as MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museo del Barrio, Museo del Prado, and Museo Reina Sofia • HSA Visual Arts students were selected to exhibit work at Queen Upon her Throne: A Journey Through Black Her-story, an exhibition hosted at Columbia University’s Lerner Hall as a part of Black History Month programming • HSA Visual Arts Prep students were invited to participate in the exhibition No Justice, K(no)W Peace an art exhibition on police brutality and social injustice, running from February 2–March 31, 2015 at at the Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre. The exhibition traveled to HSA, where it was on view for students and community members from April 10–May 11, 2015
HSA
VISUAL ARTS
Over 200 students received instruction in the visual arts including Art Basics, Introduction to Photography, Digital Photography, Advanced Graphic Design, Drawing & Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics, Manga Mania, Fashion Design, Screen Printing and Photoshop.
• HSA renovated its “Gathering Space” interior stage and reception area in August 2015, installing LED lights and sheetrock to create the HSA Gallery, a professional exhibition space, and inaugurated it with a retrospective exhibition of historical HSA photographs from 1960s to the present day • HSA partnered with The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) to present a special guest-curated exhibition from October 23 - November 6, 2015 • HSA students participated in an artist talk with Mario Moore, discussing the symbolic nature of his mixed media art pieces in Refracted Light on January 30, 2016 • HSA students participated in an artist talk with Fabiola Jean-Louis on her methodology, approach and inspiration for her latest exhibition, Rewriting History: Paper Sculptures and Photographs, on February 20, 2016 • A New Day at HSA, a student exhibition in a range of visual media including graphic design and photography was displayed in the HSA Gallery from April 9-May 3, 2016
SPECIAL EVENTS HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 50TH ANNIVERSARY KICK-OFF On October 3, 2015, Harlem School of the Arts celebrated its 50th Anniversary Gala at The Plaza, raising an unprecedented $1,000,000 in support of the organization and its programs. The evening was attended by 315 individuals and honored Jessye Norman, Grammy Award-winning Opera Singer, with the Dorothy Maynor Award; Cicely Tyson, Tony Award-winning actress, with the Betty Allen Lifetime Achievement Award; Alicia Keys, Grammy Award-winning musical artist and her mother Terria Joseph, actress, with the Visionary Artist Award; and Kehinde Wiley, visual artist, who also received the Visionary Artist Award. The Corporate Award went to Steinway & Sons, accepted by John Paulson, Chairman and the Civic Award was given to Hon. Keith L.T. Wright, Assemblyman, 70th Assembly District.
HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS MASQUERADE BALL GALA Following the success of the 50th Anniversary Gala, on October 31, 2016, the Harlem School of the Arts held another successful Gala at The Plaza with over $1,000,000 raised. Under the theme of Masquerade Ball, the event celebrated the work and careers of Stan Lathan & Sanaa Lathan presenting them with the Visionary Artist Award, Michael Feinstein with the Dorothy Maynor Award, and Sandra L. Richards of Morgan Stanley with the Betty Allen Corporate Award.
HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS HAVANA NIGHTS DANCE PARTY The first ever Spring Benefit for young professionals took place on May 12, 2016 at the Harlem School of the Arts with a Havana Nights Dance Party to benefit the school. Dressed up Havana-style, the event brought together over 250 young professionals, HSA supporters, Harlemites and celebrities.
HSA STUDENTS & ALUMNI IN THE NEWS HSA alumni as well as current students continue to make us proud. These individuals are working professionally in the arts and represent the quality arts training they have received; we congratulate them on their accomplishments. CALEB MCLAUGHLIN Child actor Caleb McLaughlin studied dance and musical theatre at HSA and trained with HSA Dance Director Aubrey Lynch. After participating in The Lion King Junior Workshop piloted at HSA by Disney, Caleb became an alternate for “Young Simba” in The Lion King on Broadway. In 2016, Caleb starred in the Neflix original series, Stranger Things (2016), and was selected to play young Ricky Bell in BET’s The New Edition Story (2017). CHRIS MYERS Chris began acting at Harlem School of the Arts at age 12, and returned to HSA as a teaching artist in 2015. As HSA’s 2016 Theatre Artist-inResidence, he helped students write and produce a political satire, All the News about the 2016 presidential election. A Juilliard graduate, he was recently featured in Whorl Inside a Loop, a New York Times acclaimed Off Broadway play, and received the 2014 Obie Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Soho Rep’s An Octoroon. In 2016, Chris successfully crowdfunded his new web series, Guap, about Dominican family that runs a Washington Heights restaurant. In Fall 2016, Chris was cast by Spike Lee in the Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It.
GABRIELLE GARO Saxophonist and Flutist Gabrielle Garo is a sophomore at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and has performed across the US at jazz clubs and festivals such as the South Florida Dominican Jazz Festival and South Bronx Culture Trail Festival. She is an alumna of the HSA Prep program and the recipient of a 2016 Tuition Assistance Award from the Latin Grammy Foundation. In addition to being a full-time student, Gabrielle performs across New York City at venues such as Aaron Davis Hall, Rockwood Music Hall, and Dizzy’s Coca Cola Club. She shares her passion for music by educating young jazz artists as an Academy Assistant at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
MATTHEW WHITAKER At 9, Matthew began teaching himself how to play the Hammond B3 organ, soon after taking private piano lessons at Harlem School of the Arts. Four years later, he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond in its 80+ year history. He was also named a Yamaha Artist at 15, becoming the youngest musician to join the stellar group of jazz pianists. He’s toured nationally and internationally, performing before The Youth Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in NYC, and on other world renowned stages, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, and Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC; SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; and at international venues in France, Italy, Morocco, and Japan. JEREMIE HARRIS Jeremie first found his passion for acting in the HSA Theatre Prep program and later graduated from The Juilliard School’s Drama program. Jeremie featured in Off-Broadway productions at Second Stage, The Public Theater, and Classical Theater of Harlem, and has acted in films such as Pariah and HBO’s Bessie. Jeremie will feature in the new FX/Marvel series, Legion. He is the winner of a prestigious 2016 Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship for emerging artists. ILFENESH HADERA Ilfenesh first explored acting as a theatre student at Harlem School of the Arts. In 2015, she appeared in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq (2015), and has gained attention for her roles in television shows Chicago Fire and Billions. In 2016, Ilfenesh was cast as Stephanie Holden in the movie version of Baywatch (2017), starring across from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. In Fall 2016, Ilfenesh was cast by Spike Lee in the Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It. JORDAN HALL Since enrolling at HSA, dance student and child actor Jordan Hall has toured nationally as “Young Simba” in The Lion King Gazelle Tour, “Young Michael Jackson” in the Motown The Musical National Tour and recently returned from playing “Tommy” in the Matilda National Tour.
BUILDING THE FUTURE
ACCESS GOAL: $10,000,000
COMMUNITY GOAL: $1,000,000
CAPACITY BUILDING GOAL: $500,000 • Provide staff training to improve performance and productivity and enhance customer service • Strengthen outreach to families and the community • Produce attractive marketing materials and program brochures to be mailed to families • Launch a direct mail campaign to attract new students and increase registration • Place ads in select publications
• Develop engaging exhibitions, plays, musicals, concerts, recitals, dance performances, workshops, and classes for audiences of all ages—free or at affordable prices • Invite emerging and established artists and art professionals to participate in public programs, and performance, and to serve as guest teaching artists • Increase marketing efforts to build visibility and augment enrollment to reach 75% capacity
• Offer affordable arts instruction • Provide 100% financial aid to families in need • Grow scholarship fund for promising artists through free professional training by highlyskilled teaching artists • Provide students from underserved communities with the tools, and training to gain entry into specialized art high schools and colleges
HSA SUPPORTERS* Harlem School of the Arts is deeply grateful for the support of our donors, which made it possible for us to serve 3,456 children in 2015 and 2016. Through generous contributions from foundations, corporations, government agencies, and individual donors, we are able to keep our quality arts programming affordable for our community. $250,000 and above Ford Foundation New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Janice Savin Williams and Christopher J. Williams Anonymous
$100,000 to $249,999 Booth Ferris Foundation The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Herb Alpert Foundation Christopher M. Keogh The Pinkerton Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 to $99,999 Altman Foundation Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Lisa Davis and Deborah Brennan Diana Moore Foundation GE Asset Management Michelle and Marc Goldfarb Harlem Community Development Corporation The Leir Charitable Foundations Loida N. Lewis Diana M. Moore New York Community Trust Luis Penalver Steinway & Sons Dmitri Stockton Emily and Stephen Usher The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Anonymous (3)
$25,000 to $49,999 Pierre Bastid Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg Philanthropies Cox Enterprises Dawn Davis-LaFollette and Mac LaFollette Michelle Fizer Peterson and Julio Peterson Goldman Sachs Gives The Gordon Parks Foundation Pamela Carlton and Charles J. Hamilton, Jr., Esq. The Hyde and Watson Foundation Kathryn Jaharis The Estate of Besse Linde Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Urban Markets Group Jacqueline L. Bradley and Clarence Otis Jr. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Julie Rose The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Sam’s Club Susan and Michael H. Siegel Katherine G. Farley and Jerry I. Speyer Andrea and Kenneth W. Taber Tides Foundation Verizon Viacom
West Harlem Development Corporation Lawrence Zilavy Anonymous (2)
$10,000 to $24,999 Lillie Anderson The Estate of Lillie R. Anderson Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Armen A. Avanessians Bank of America Merrill Lynch Barnes & Noble Booksellers Mogolodi Bond Brenner Family Foundation Susan Chambers Kathryn and Kenneth I. Chenault Coastal Community Foundation Daniel Cohen ConEdison Suzy and Tony Davis Disney | ABC Television Group Stuart Downing Jennifer and James P. Esposito Katherine G. Farley and Jerry I. Speyer First Republic Bank Give Smart Martha Glaser Tawana Tibbs and Bruce Gordon Steven P. Henry and Philip Shneidman Infor Jaharis Family Foundation Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Jewish Communal Fund JP Morgan Chase Foundation Denise and Michael Kellen Alicia Keys Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP Philippe Laffont Ronald Lee Macy’s & Bloomingdale’s Ann and Alton McDowell Benjamin McGrath James McNamara The Estate of Theodore McRae Julie Mehretu and Jessica Rankin Anne Heyman and Seth Merrin Rhonda R. Mims Jeremy Mindich Tim Moe Elizabeth A. Moller and Robert J. Lemons The Moss Foundation New York State Council on the Arts Newman’s Own Foundation Palisade Capital Paul Hastings LLP Pharos Capital Group, LLC Karen and Charles Phillips David A. Picon Proskauer Rose LLP Erica and Antonio M. Reid RLJ Lodging Trust Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc. Peter C. Russell Rona Sebastian and Mort Gleberman
Melanie and Joseph Shugart Marva Smalls/Viacom Standard General L.P. Kim and Mark Standish The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment The Palm Restaurant West Side Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc. John Utendahl The Rob and Melani Walton Foundation Juanita and Dudley N. Williams, Jr. Willie Woods Xerox Foundation Anonymous
$5,000 to $9,999
Michelle and Rodney Adkins Ariel Investments, LLC Arnhold Foundation, Inc. The ASCAP Foundation Steve Barry Rita and Jason Berman Capri Capital Partners, LLC Lisa and Richard Cashin CBS Corporations Charlie and Moll Anderson Foundation Carrie and Peter J. Coolidge Edith W. Cooper and Robert Taylor Saundra Williams Cornwell and W. Don Cornwell Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Crystal and Company Dedalus Foundation, Inc. Drucilla Cooper Memorial Fund Marjorie Ellenbogen Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Barbara J. Fife David Fishman Kareitha O. Forde and Kenneth A. Forde, M.D. Gary Giglio Jeffrey Goldenberg Barbara and Robert Holland Iorio Charitable Foundation Laura Iorio and Gerard Maynard The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society Isko Foundation Chris Kojima KPMG LLP Courtney Lee-Mitchell and Marcus Mitchell Carolyn and Edward T. Lewis Stephen McGhee Mertz Gilmore Foundation Hee-Jung and John Moon Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Gabriella Morris and Dennis Brownlee Laurence Morse Movado Group National Foundation for Affordable Housing Solutions, Inc. Nellie Mae Education Foundation PepsiCo, Inc. Jonelle Procope and Frederick O. Terrell Thomas Russo
Peter Seccia Carol Sutton-Lewis and William M. Lewis, Jr. The Joelson Foundation The Tie Bar Dr. Adine R. Usher Reginald Van Lee Robert & Patricia Levinson Fund Lana and Willie Woods Pat and Alfred W. Zollar, Sr. Anonymous
$2,500 to $4,999 Kathleen and Ernest Abrahamson Frank Ahimaz Rae and Answorth Allen Simin Allison Anna R. Austin Valentino D. Carlotti Susan and David A. Coulter Rob Densen Lisa Diller The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Exploring the Arts, Inc Matt Fremont-Smith Judith M. Gallent and Scott D. Metzner Goldman, Sachs & Co. Malika Harrison Jennifer and Peter Hausmann Julia and Wolf Hengst Simonne McDonald-Hewett and Wayne M. Hewett Jack and Jill of America Foundation Jazz @ Lincoln Center Julian Johnson Jamie and Howard Klein Joseph Lerner Robin and Jay L. Lewis Vincent Mai John Mallory Ronay and Richard R. Menschel Judith M. Gallent and Scott D. Metzner The Offensend Family Foundation Rebecca Offensend One Kings Lane, Inc. Julia Perry Hengst Tom Postilio The Prescott Fund for Children & Youth, Inc. Kashif Riaz Robert Rifkin Romare Bearden Foundation Nancie and Steven R. Schnur Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Sidley Austin LLP Alexander Smalls Lisa Solomon State Street Corporation Bonita Stewart Susan S. Shiva Foundation Michael Sweeney Leonard N. Tarr James Thomas Lynda Thomas
Tiller, LLC Jennifer and Donald W. Torey Lynne and Vincent Toye Warburg Pincus Anna Winderbaum Anonymous (3)
$1,000 to $2,499 Ariel Property Advisors David Ashenfarb Audrey & Martin Gruss Foundation Candy and Michael Barasch Sloan and Roger Barnett Erika and Scott Bolden Francisco L. Borges Roxanne Brandt Patricia Bransford Josephine and Stanley Brezenoff Gloria J. Browner Carol Brown-Hageman and Ivan Hageman Susan L. Taylor and Khephra Burns Dianne and Joseph Calabrisotto Amelia and Clarence L. Campbell Debra Carlton Karen and C. Edward Chaplin Charina Foundation, Inc. Chew Entertainment Vivian and Ray Chew Christie’s Inc. Classic Systems, Inc. Marcie N. Cleary Peggy and Gordon J. Davis Dennis Duffy Dasha and Damien Dwin Theodora and Arthur Edelman Blair Effron Eileen and Peter Lehrer Family Foundation, Inc. Helen Ellis EmblemHealth Eland Capital Forde Private Family Foundation Jenny Fortner Maria T. Galeno Joseph Goodman Google, Inc. Kim and Mason H. Granger Green Room, Inc Audrey and Martin D. Gruss Harlem Week Michelle and Corey Harris Ms. Maureen Hayes Kim Heirston and Richard Evans Muna and Basem L. Hishmeh Lawrence Hite Zeljko Ivanek The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation Christopher A. Johnson, M.D. Herbert Juli Anna-Maria Kellen Pam Kendall Rijos Massey Knakal Charitable Foundation
Darcy Stacom and Christopher T. Kraus Jill & Peter Kraus Annette M. Brown Kupferstein, M.D. Landmark Partners LLC Eileen and Peter Lehrer Fifi and Ron Levin Robin and Jay L. Lewis Lighten Family Foundation Alexander Mager The Marshall Frankel Foundation Jason Matthews Marc Mayer Marjorie McMorris Tamara Mellon Robert Menschel Charles Merrill Gillian and Eduardo G. Mestre Minton’s Katharine B. Mountcastle Ayanna Barton and Abdul R. Muid Lillian Oshva and Tim Lyons Edith Oxfeld Barrington D. Parker, Jr. Roderick Pettis Holly Phillips, M.D. and Jose Tavarez Georgia and William Pollak Carol and Michael Pratt Srinija Srinivasan and Josh Roseman The Scherman Foundation, Inc. Silicon Valley Community Foundation Bernirene Ramos and James Simmons III Lisa Simonsen Elizabeth and Robert Smoler State Employees Federated Appeal Jolyon F. Stern The Benevity Community Impact Fund The Debs Foundation Donald and Barbara Tober Teri and Lloyd Trotter Wendy and George L. Van Amson Edith Van Slyck and James Hammond Nancy and Joe Walker George Wein Wellfleet Foundation, Inc. Greg Wilson
$500 to $999 Camille G. Akeju Sacha and Morgan G. Bale Joyce Balint Leyonna Barba Sheila Biddle Bootleg Productions, Inc. Daniel B. Brewster, Jr. Diane and Frank Bruno Susannah and Thomas Carrier Nerou Cheng Ginger Chinn
Church of the Master, Inc. Laura and Edward H. Craig Nancy and Carl De Brito Nicolas de Croisset Sharon Diamond Meloy Madeleine Dowling EarthShare NYC Gives Brett Egan Sofia Estevez Anna Furney Frederica G. Gamble Carissa Guishard-Gibson and Richard H. Gibson Algernon Grant Susan and Robert Halpern Marilyn and Thomas Herman Joanne and Avery Johnson Fernando Lamas Jean and Matthew Lamb Brian R. Landzberg, M.D. Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins Ed Lefferson Debbie Lefkowitz Josh Lehrer and Jeffrey Seller Loretta and Roger London Marilyn Machlowitz Joseph McLaughlin Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran The National Flute Association, Inc. Craig Newman Jack OKelley Diane Oshin and Sidney Mandelbaum Herbert Pardes Joyce V. Patton Drew Payne PIMCO Beverley and Raymond Ransom Denise Rempe Joyce L. Richardson Lisa and Andrew Rodman Daryl Roth P. Olivier Sarkozy Sandra Schpoont Jeffrey Seller The Siddiqi Family Silver Lake Technology Management, LLC The Donna and Elliot K. III Slade Foundation Paula M. Swinson-Cook and Marc Cook Kate Whitney and Franklin A. Thomas Tamara Tunie and Gregory Generet United Christian Evangelistic Association Scott Ward Mina and Stephen Weiner Diane Wilson Diane Wohl Zipcar
* Indicates gifts and grants given cummulatively over two fiscal years, FY15-FY16.
HSA ENDOWMENT SUPPORTERS The Harlem School of the Arts is grateful for the following endowment supporters, whose generosity enables us to continue to offer art access for disadvantaged students through financial aid and scholarships: • The Herb Alpert Foundation • Robert and Patricia Levinson Scholarship Fund • Mary Flager Cary Trust Scholarship Fund • McCrindle Music Program Fund • Endeavor Foundation
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Charles J. Hamilton, Jr., Esq. Chairman
Janice Savin Williams Vice Chair & Secretary
Julian Johnson Treasurer Rodney C. Adkins Mogolodi Bond Lisa Davis Lisa Diller Michelle Fizer-Peterson Dr. Henry Jarecki Kristine G. Manoukian Scott Markowitz Gabriella E. Morris Luis R. Penalver
David A. Picon Julie Rose Rona Sebastian Alexander Smalls Kenneth W. Taber Stephen S. Usher
Eric G. Pryor President (Ex-Officio)
ADVISORY COUNCIL Robert Levinson Chair Emeritus Alicia Adams Deborah Berke Jason Berman Daniel Brewster Dr. Rev. Calvin O. Butts III Mary Schmidt Campbell Gordon J. Davis Brett Egan Katherine G. Farley Bruce Gordon Herbie Hancock Milton Irvin Keisha Sutton James Jeffrey Laikind
Spike Lee Reynold Levy Carol Sutton Lewis Margo Lion Rachel Allen Lovett Wynton Marsalis Julie Mehretu Jason Moran Jill Newman Arturo O’Farrill Phylicia Rashad Charlie Shorter Gina Torres Lana Woods
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF JUNE 30, 2016 AND JUNE 30, 2015
PUBLIC SUPPORT BY FUNDING SOURCE (Average of FY15 & FY16) Other Earned Income 17%
Contributed Income 36%
Tuition 23% Government 3%
Special Events 21%
FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES (Average of FY15 & FY16) Administration 17%
Fundraising 10%
Program Services 73%
HSA’s tuition revenue only covers 40% of what it takes to provide its students with high-quality arts programming. These fees are greatly subsidized and are set at the level that best serves the community. 20% of its students benefit from full tuition assistance through financial aid; all of its students - the other 80% - benefit from dramatically reduced tuition. This means HSA depends on the generous public and private support of individuals, foundations, corporations and the government to cover 60% of its operating budget each year, in order to provide its much-needed artistic programs to underserved youth.
STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 (with comparative totals for the year ended June 30, 2015)
STAFF Eric G. Pryor President Alfred Preisser Artistic Director & Director of Theatre Claudia Camacho Executive Assistant & Development Coordinator
Zoe Hoarty Operations Associate & Sr. Studio Manager Kristen Irby Bursar
Alicia Newkirk Assistant to the Artistic Director Milton Ogaldes Security Guard & Fire Safety Director
Tracy Johnson HSA Prep Director
Jonathan Patton Director of Visual Arts
Anjolique Coltrane Summer Camp & Educational Outreach Director
Miracle Jones Summer Camp & Educational Outreach Assistant
Natalia Peguero Registration Manager
Mia Di Stefano Individual Giving Manager
Sarah Keefe Institutional Giving Manager
Amadea Edwards Chief Operating Officer
Aubrey Lynch II Director of Dance
Yvonne Garcia Vice President of Development & External Affairs
Wanda Marti Business Manager
Algernon Grant Head of Security
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Byron McCray Director of Brand Marketing & Community Relations
Yenesi Rodriguez Front Desk Associate Cesar Rosario Facilities Technician Yolanda Wyns Director of Music
FACULTY HSA MUSIC Director: Yolanda Wyns Iymaani Abdul-Hamid Isabella Abbonizio Maria Ahn Eli Asher David Baron Jane Blackstone Lucia Bradford David Burnett Robert Dellureficio Donald Eaton Fima Farberg David Greenaway Pamela Hamilton Sharon Harris Robert Hughes D.D. Jackson Charles Jones Clifford Jones Jeremy Jordan
Tsyala Khudad-Zade Steven Kirby Elektra Kurtis Themba Mkhatshwa David Miller Reggie Nicholson John O’Donnell Marcus Persiani Bernard Phillips Pedro Rosales Olga Rossales LaRose Saxon Major Scurlock Sonelius Smith Beverly Somach Benjamin Sutin Bill White Yolanda Wyns
HSA DANCE Director: Aubrey Lynch II Jim Becker Karen Brown Jason Bernard Dajuan Booker Daniel Catanach Alenka Cizmesija Cecilia Daninthe Careitha Davis Maeve Dougal Catherine Foster Quisha Freeman Carmela Gallace Bethania Gomes Sonia Jones Danys La Mora Aubrey Lynch II Amanda Pope Briana Reed Quenia Ribeiro
Flavio Salazar Leyland Simmons Kristen Stevens Kat Wildish Nao Yamada HSA THEATRE Director: Alfred Preisser Anjolique Coltrane Tracy Johnson Khalil Kain Amanda McDowall Chris Myers Jonathan Mesisca Alfred Preisser Toni Tai Sterrett Kaili Turner C. Kelly Wright
HSA VISUAL ARTS Director: Jonathan Patton Sophia Dawson Earlicia Gibb Mari Hirata Fabiola Jean-Louis Hosea Johnson Raymond Jones Julia Kito-Kirtley Jamaal Levine Daniel Lujan Alissa McKendrick Alexis Mena Jonathan Patton Ghislaine Sabiti Begonia Santa-Cecilia Will Vaultz Shanon Weltman Devin Wilson
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